Fat Glenda Turns 14 CL

by James Cross Giblin and Lila Perl

Book Overview

Fourteen-year-old Glenda, extremely unhappy after regaining the pounds she worked so hard to lose, meets the very overweight Giselle and discovers the world of plus-size modeling, but she will have to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395533414
• ISBN13: 9780395533413
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Being Fat in America

If you are ever curious about how it feels to be a fat female in America then you must read this book. It is the fourth in a series of books which outline the trials and tribulations that an overweight teenage girl suffers, e.g. tauntings by her peers, feeling friendless and endlessly counting calories and dieting. In this book, Glenda, the overweight teenager, strikes up a friendship with another obese female and they decide to enlist Glenda in the wonderful world of plus size modeling. There are many humorous scenes involving Glenda's debut as a runway model(in one mishap she manages to bump into a skinny model and almost knock her into the front row of the audience) and the author inserts some incisive commentaries on how cruel and superficial many American teenagers and adults can be when the issue concerns someone's appearance and weight.